Bernadette Szőcs

Bernadette Szőcs
Szőcs at the 2022 European Championships
Personal information
Full nameBernadette Cynthia Szőcs
Nickname
Bernie
Born (1995-03-05) 5 March 1995
Târgu Mureș, Romania[3]
Height1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)[4]
Weight48 kg (106 lb)[4]
Sport
SportTable tennis
Club
EquipmentTibhar
Highest ranking8 (16 April 2024) [1]
Current ranking27 (2 March 2026)[2]
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Romania
World Championships
2025 Doha Doubles
European Games
2023 Kraków–Małopolska Singles
2023 Kraków–Małopolska Team
2019 Minsk Mixed doubles
2019 Minsk Team
2023 Kraków–Małopolska Mixed doubles
European Championships
2017 Luxembourg Team
2019 Nantes Team
2022 Munich Doubles
2011 Gdańsk–Sopot Team
2013 Schwechat Team
2015 Yekaterinburg Team
2022 Munich Mixed doubles
2023 Malmö Team
2024 Linz Singles
2024 Linz Doubles
2025 Zadar Team
2012 Buzău Mixed doubles
2016 Budapest Mixed doubles
Europe Top-16
2018 Montreux Singles
2019 Montreux Singles
2026 Montreux Singles
2021 Thessaloniki Singles
2022 Montreux Singles
2024 Montreux Singles
Universiade
2015 Gwangju Singles
2017 Taipei Singles
World Junior Championships
2011 Manama Doubles
2012 Hyderabad Doubles
2013 Rabat Team
European Youth Championships
2011 Kazan Singles
2011 Kazan Doubles
2012 Schwechat Singles
2012 Schwechat Doubles
2012 Schwechat Team
2013 Ostrava Team
2011 Kazan Team
2013 Ostrava Singles
2013 Ostrava Doubles
2008 Terni Team
2009 Prague Doubles
2010 Istanbul Team
2010 Istanbul Singles
2010 Istanbul Doubles
2006 Sarajevo Team
2007 Bratislava Doubles
2008 Terni Singles
2008 Terni Mixed doubles
2006 Sarajevo Mixed doubles
2007 Bratislava Team
2008 Terni Doubles
2009 Prague Singles
Europe Youth Top-10
2009 Rotterdam Cadet singles
2010 Topoľčany Cadet singles
2012 Buzău Junior singles
2013 Terni Junior singles

Bernadette Cynthia Szőcs (Hungarian: [søːt͡ʃ], born 5 March 1995) is an ethnic Hungarian[5] professional table tennis player from Romania.[3][6]

She is the incumbent European games champion in women's singles and a three time Olympian, having participated in 2016, 2020 and 2024 editions of summer Olympics.

In April 2024, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 by ITTF/WTT.

Career

In September 2011, she travelled to Argentina for the World Junior Circuit event where she overtook Kasumi Ishikawa to reach the top spot in the competition series.[7]

In July 2012, she was ranked 5th in the ITTF World Junior Circuit.[8]

Szőcs won the singles event in the inaugural season of T2, beating Feng Tianwei in the final. Bernadette started to play Table Tennis at 9 years of age for CS Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud. She was declared the 68th honorary citizen of Bistrița in 2018.[9] She was suspended in 2017 and signed with CSA Steaua București in 2019.[10]

Szőcs played for Dabangg Delhi TTC in Ultimate table tennis, a table tennis league in India.

In August 2019 she was ranked no. 14 in the world in the International Table Tennis Federation rankings and no. 1 in the European Table Tennis Union rankings, and in July in the T2 Diamond event, became the first player to use a coloured rubber – pink.

In Szőcs's first international match in 2021, Szőcs upset second seed and world ranked number 8 Cheng I-Ching in the round of 32 of the WTT Contender event at WTT Doha.[11]

Personal life

Szőcs has an older brother, Hunor, who is also a table tennis player.[12]

Singles titles

Year Tournament Final opponent Score Ref
2017 ITTF Challenge, Brazil Open Audrey Zarif 4–0 [13]
2018 Europe Top 16 Li Jie 4–1 [14]
2023 European Games Xiaoxin Yang 4–3 [15]

Best results by type of tournament

Singles

Her best ranking in singles was No. 8 in the world, obtained on April 2024.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Rank History". results.ittf.link. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Week #32 - August 5th". results.ittf.link. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  3. ^ a b "BERNADETTE CYNTHIA SZOCS". cosr.ro (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 26 July 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Bernadette Szőcs". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  5. ^ Goh, ZK. "Bernadette Szocs: How being positive is helping Romanian paddler climb the rankings". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  6. ^ "Biography". realitatea.net. Archived from the original on 3 February 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  7. ^ "Se vrea recompensarea campioanei europene, târgumureșeanca Szőcs Bernadette, cu 15.000 de lei" (in Romanian). Punctul. 16 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Under 18 World ranking". International Table Tennis Federation. 4 July 2012. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  9. ^ "Bernadette Szocs, oficial al 68-lea cetățean de onoare". Timp online. 22 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Berni, bistrițeanca, spulberă tot la naționale! Gloria- 3 medalii, CSM – praful de pe tobă!" (in Romanian). Sportul bistritean. 27 March 2023.
  11. ^ "WTT Doha Day 1 Recap and Day 2 Preview". edgesandnets.com. 3 March 2021. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Interviu cu Hunor Szocs: "Obiectivul meu este mai mare decât a fi unul dintre cei mai buni jucători români"" (in Romanian). Ziarul de Sport. 15 April 2012.
  13. ^ "First for Bernadette Szocs, victory in São Paulo". ittf.com. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  14. ^ "Review Day Two: Timo Boll and Bernadette Szocs claim titles on emotional final day in Montreux". ittf.com. 4 February 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  15. ^ "Table tennis - 2023 European Games: Bernadette Szocs wins gold medal in women's singles". AGERPRES. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  16. ^ "Senior Women's Singles". www.ittf.com.
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